linux/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/devlink, branch master

ixgbe: stop re-reading flash on every get_drvinfo for e610

2026-04-06T20:39:23Z

ixgbe_get_drvinfo() calls ixgbe_refresh_fw_version() on every ethtool query for e610 adapters. That ends up in ixgbe_discover_flash_size(), which bisects the full 16 MB NVM space issuing one ACI command per step (~20 ms each, ~24 steps total = ~500 ms). Profiling on an idle E610-XAT2 system with telegraf scraping ethtool stats every 10 seconds: kretprobe:ixgbe_get_drvinfo took 527603 us kretprobe:ixgbe_get_drvinfo took 523978 us kretprobe:ixgbe_get_drvinfo took 552975 us kretprobe:ice_get_drvinfo took 3 us kretprobe:igb_get_drvinfo took 2 us kretprobe:i40e_get_drvinfo took 5 us The half-second stall happens under the RTNL lock, causing visible latency on ip-link and friends. The FW version can only change after an EMPR reset. All flash data is already populated at probe time and the cached adapter->eeprom_id is what get_drvinfo should be returning. The only place that needs to trigger a re-read is ixgbe_devlink_reload_empr_finish(), right after the EMPR completes and new firmware is running. Additionally, refresh the FW version in ixgbe_reinit_locked() so that any PF that undergoes a reinit after an EMPR (e.g. triggered by another PF's devlink reload) also picks up the new version in adapter->eeprom_id. ixgbe_devlink_info_get() keeps its refresh call for explicit "devlink dev info" queries, which is fine given those are user-initiated. Fixes: c9e563cae19e ("ixgbe: add support for devlink reload") Co-developed-by: Jedrzej Jagielski Signed-off-by: Jedrzej Jagielski Signed-off-by: Aleksandr Loktionov Reviewed-by: Simon Horman Tested-by: Rinitha S (A Contingent worker at Intel) Signed-off-by: Tony Nguyen

Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument

2026-02-22T01:09:51Z

This was done entirely with mindless brute force, using git grep -l '\

treewide: Replace kmalloc with kmalloc_obj for non-scalar types

2026-02-21T09:02:28Z

This is the result of running the Coccinelle script from scripts/coccinelle/api/kmalloc_objs.cocci. The script is designed to avoid scalar types (which need careful case-by-case checking), and instead replace kmalloc-family calls that allocate struct or union object instances: Single allocations: kmalloc(sizeof(TYPE), ...) are replaced with: kmalloc_obj(TYPE, ...) Array allocations: kmalloc_array(COUNT, sizeof(TYPE), ...) are replaced with: kmalloc_objs(TYPE, COUNT, ...) Flex array allocations: kmalloc(struct_size(PTR, FAM, COUNT), ...) are replaced with: kmalloc_flex(*PTR, FAM, COUNT, ...) (where TYPE may also be *VAR) The resulting allocations no longer return "void *", instead returning "TYPE *". Signed-off-by: Kees Cook

ixgbe: prevent from unwanted interface name changes

2025-08-12T20:24:09Z

Users of the ixgbe driver report that after adding devlink support by the commit a0285236ab93 ("ixgbe: add initial devlink support") their configs got broken due to unwanted changes of interface names. It's caused by automatic phys_port_name generation during devlink port initialization flow. To prevent from that set no_phys_port_name flag for ixgbe devlink ports. Reported-by: David Howells Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/3452224.1745518016@warthog.procyon.org.uk/ Reported-by: David Kaplan Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/LV3PR12MB92658474624CCF60220157199470A@LV3PR12MB9265.namprd12.prod.outlook.com/ Fixes: a0285236ab93 ("ixgbe: add initial devlink support") Signed-off-by: Jedrzej Jagielski Tested-by: Rinitha S (A Contingent worker at Intel) Signed-off-by: Tony Nguyen

ixgbe: use libie adminq descriptors

2025-07-24T16:25:03Z

Use libie_aq_desc instead of ixgbe_aci_desc. Do needed changes to allow clean build. Move additional caps used in ixgbe to libie. Reviewed-by: Przemek Kitszel Reviewed-by: Aleksandr Loktionov Signed-off-by: Michal Swiatkowski Tested-by: Rinitha S (A Contingent worker at Intel) Signed-off-by: Tony Nguyen

ixgbe: devlink: add devlink region support for E610

2025-04-29T22:13:44Z

Provide support for the following devlink cmds: -DEVLINK_CMD_REGION_GET -DEVLINK_CMD_REGION_NEW -DEVLINK_CMD_REGION_DEL -DEVLINK_CMD_REGION_READ ixgbe devlink region implementation, similarly to the ice one, lets user to create snapshots of content of Non Volatile Memory, content of Shadow RAM, and capabilities of the device. For both NVM and SRAM regions provide .read() handler to let user read their contents without the need to create full snapshots. Reviewed-by: Przemek Kitszel Signed-off-by: Slawomir Mrozowicz Co-developed-by: Jedrzej Jagielski Signed-off-by: Jedrzej Jagielski Tested-by: Bharath R Signed-off-by: Tony Nguyen

ixgbe: add support for FW rollback mode

2025-04-15T14:36:33Z

The driver should detect whether the device entered FW rollback mode and then notify user with the dedicated message including FW and NVM versions. Even if the driver detected rollback mode, this should not result in an probe error and the normal flow proceeds. FW tries to rollback to "old" operational FW located in the inactive NVM bank in cases when newly loaded FW exhibits faulty behavior. If something goes wrong during boot the FW may switch into rollback mode in an attempt to avoid recovery mode and stay operational. After rollback is successful, the banks are swapped, and the "rollback" bank becomes the active bank for the next reset. Reviewed-by: Mateusz Polchlopek Signed-off-by: Andrii Staikov Signed-off-by: Jedrzej Jagielski Signed-off-by: Tony Nguyen

ixgbe: add FW API version check

2025-04-15T14:36:33Z

Add E610 specific function checking whether the FW API version is compatible with the driver expectations. The major API version should be less than or equal to the expected API version. If not the driver won't be fully operational. Check the minor version, and if it is more than two versions lesser or greater than the expected version, print a message indicating that the NVM or driver should be updated respectively. Reviewed-by: Mateusz Polchlopek Co-developed-by: Piotr Kwapulinski Signed-off-by: Piotr Kwapulinski Signed-off-by: Jedrzej Jagielski Tested-by: Bharath R Signed-off-by: Tony Nguyen

ixgbe: add support for devlink reload

2025-04-15T14:36:33Z

The E610 adapters contain an embedded chip with firmware which can be updated using devlink flash. The firmware which runs on this chip is referred to as the Embedded Management Processor firmware (EMP firmware). Activating the new firmware image currently requires that the system be rebooted. This is not ideal as rebooting the system can cause unwanted downtime. The EMP firmware itself can be reloaded by issuing a special update to the device called an Embedded Management Processor reset (EMP reset). This reset causes the device to reset and reload the EMP firmware. Implement support for devlink reload with the "fw_activate" flag. This allows user space to request the firmware be activated immediately. Reviewed-by: Mateusz Polchlopek Tested-by: Bharath R Co-developed-by: Slawomir Mrozowicz Signed-off-by: Slawomir Mrozowicz Co-developed-by: Piotr Kwapulinski Signed-off-by: Piotr Kwapulinski Co-developed-by: Stefan Wegrzyn Signed-off-by: Stefan Wegrzyn Signed-off-by: Jedrzej Jagielski Signed-off-by: Tony Nguyen

ixgbe: add device flash update via devlink

2025-04-15T14:36:32Z

Use the pldmfw library to implement device flash update for the Intel ixgbe networking device driver specifically for E610 devices. This support uses the devlink flash update interface. Using the pldmfw library, the provided firmware file will be scanned for the three major components, "fw.undi" for the Option ROM, "fw.mgmt" for the main NVM module containing the primary device firmware, and "fw.netlist" containing the netlist module. The flash is separated into two banks, the active bank containing the running firmware, and the inactive bank which we use for update. Each module is updated in a staged process. First, the inactive bank is erased, preparing the device for update. Second, the contents of the component are copied to the inactive portion of the flash. After all components are updated, the driver signals the device to switch the active bank during the next EMP reset. With this implementation, basic flash update for the E610 hardware is supported. Reviewed-by: Jacob Keller Tested-by: Bharath R Co-developed-by: Slawomir Mrozowicz Signed-off-by: Slawomir Mrozowicz Co-developed-by: Piotr Kwapulinski Signed-off-by: Piotr Kwapulinski Co-developed-by: Stefan Wegrzyn Signed-off-by: Stefan Wegrzyn Signed-off-by: Jedrzej Jagielski Signed-off-by: Tony Nguyen